Jim built me a cue a few years back, he did a hell of a job. He is trustworthy.
Here post #1, Jim made the fatal mistake that no cue maker should ever make at any time and that is a promised completion date at the beginning of this thread(1 of 500 on AZB just like it; only plug in different names) so much can go wrong there is no such thing as a predictable completion date. The last cut on the wood and it moves-your screwed and just pissed off a guy who expects something thats now impossible. Secondly the people he promised made a mistake, holding a cue maker to any completion date. point is ya'll are wrong in this thread and in all the others by cue makers and buyers alike who been fighting in the other 500 threads.
Read this and learn all of you, please.... then we can talk about pool not knocking each other. There is so much in-fighting pool is getting ruined by it.
Both sides here show lots of inexperience in the cue world. Please dont start arguing about that, if you think im wrong- then fine i'm wrong in your world-not the whole world. so save it please. too many petty arguments here on azb anyways., but i know what the hell i'm talking about when it comes to ordering and buying cues, i never seem to have problems and i'm buying cues from the same builders-who aint doing me any favors, they offer sometimes, i decline that, i dont have anything special comming. so please save that BS too.. The builder and buyers are both wrong in this case and many other times on azb, its usually not always customers with too high of expectations and cue builders who are new in the biz.. Neither side knows the biz and expects too much from the other, thats a powder keg-seen it with many different builders over the past 6 years here. I aint picking sides with anyone on either side.
Look at Tikkler he is a champion buyer, or Wil Prout, those guys dont have drama(too the best of my knowledge) Ya'll beefing ought to look at yourselfs. Cause the guys who ahve been at this a long time rarely fight about delivery dates-they find other stupid stuff to beef about, ask Jimbo about that.
Someday i'm going to make a post on "How to order a custom cue" I been doing this since 7-1-86(I remember the date cause it was my pop's b-day) and have ordered piles of cues at all price ranges from new builders to old seasoned guys ever since 7-1-86, never stopped, and there are things buyers need to know., I aint seen a thread on it, i touched on it once 6-8 months ago. I learned lots over the years.
Want something on time?, go to Walmart, Want a good cue, learn how to buy-thread coming soon, some of it is in this post. Cue Builders need to know somethings too ESPECIALLY -dont ever/NEVER promise anything with a time line, shit happens. And your the bad guy because accidentally a piece of wood split/warped on the last pass. you trapped yourself with a inexperienced buyer, you got no out., Do what you do, only promise a good cue when its done and train your custoers to understand "real custom cues" dont have start/finish dates. If a customer demands a finish date dont take the biz, cause its a problem looking for a date to start on.
Customers let cue makers do their thing and be happy when it arrives. If you sent in $$$ its on you. Cue builders with huge deposits can cause problems too. Thats on them. I aint going there now. That needs to be settled then the "Cue Wars" might slow down so we get 2-3 threads a year about this topic.
Perhaps some people will learn something here, or this could be a catalyst for more senseless arguments that go on forever over nothing. learning not arguing is the intent of this thread.
If people would read this thread and actually do biz like this there would be about 500 less threads of arguing about cues and when they are late, overly demanding buyers and over promising builders=all rookies IMO. Season your selfs up and learn, not argue.
Best
eric
aka the real Fatboy
